Where Should I Upgrade First?

[olivergoldvalente]

Hello all you wonderful people I am looking for some advice on where to go with my relatively new system. Here is my list of current parts that I'm considering upgrading:

AMD FX-6300 w/ Stock Cooler

EVGA GTX 760 4gb with ACX cooler

1tb HDD and 120gb SSD

21 inch 1080p Monitor

I mostly just play video games, but I'm interesting in things like video editing and 3d work... Amy recommendations? I'm not too heavily invested in productivity apps keep in mind. I definitely want to stick with Nvidia. But I feel like switching CPUs to Intel would just be a money pit. I have about $400 I'm looking to get rid of. Thanks guys.

[JLCitadel]

Psu? Ram? Case? Mobo?

[AMD Lover]

Upgrade the cooler and/or the CPU, if you have limited RAM you will want to upgrade that if your video editing and if you think you need a new GPU you could get one of those

[flibberdipper]

Cooler and then CPU to an 8320, if your board can handle it. RAM if you have less than 8GB.

[olivergoldvalente]

I have 8gbs of Ram and a corsair 650 watt PSU. I dont think I need to upgrade any of those. If I upgrade to an 8350 and a good cooler will I notice much game improvements? Or should I jump on any cheap 780s I can find. I feel like that might bottleneck with my cpu though....I'm still fairly new at all this. Sorry for any confusion.

[sabot]

How are the temps?

[Guest]

If I were you, I would get an i5. That's just my personal opinion though

[Guest]

I have 8gbs of Ram and a corsair 650 watt PSU. I dont think I need to upgrade any of those. If I upgrade to an 8350 and a good cooler will I notice much game improvements? Or should I jump on any cheap 780s I can find. I feel like that might bottleneck with my cpu though....I'm still fairly new at all this. Sorry for Amy confusion.

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[JLCitadel]

I have 8gbs of Ram and a corsair 650 watt PSU. I dont think I need to upgrade any of those. If I upgrade to an 8350 and a good cooler will I notice much game improvements? Or should I jump on any cheap 780s I can find. I feel like that might bottleneck with my cpu though....I'm still fairly new at all this. Sorry for Amy confusion.

 

You should Quote someone when you reply to them.

 

First off, does your mobo support SLI and OC?

 

The FIRST thing you should do is figure that out, if it does then your fine.

 

You should then upgrade your stock cooler for 20-50$.

 

Then SLI your 760, if your psu can support the load.

 

From then on your next upgrade would be probably your PSU mobo and Cpu all at once

 

going to 700watts

intel haswell refresh or broadwell + z97 mobo.

[olivergoldvalente]

I have a gigabyte 990fx board as well so I believe I can overclock fairly easily.

[AlwaysFSX]

I have 8gbs of Ram and a corsair 650 watt PSU. I dont think I need to upgrade any of those. If I upgrade to an 8350 and a good cooler will I notice much game improvements? Or should I jump on any cheap 780s I can find. I feel like that might bottleneck with my cpu though....I'm still fairly new at all this. Sorry for any confusion.

I would get an 8350 that way you won't bottleneck *shudder* higher end gpus. 

[olivergoldvalente]

You should Quote someone when you reply to them.

 

First off, does your mobo support SLI and OC?

 

The FIRST thing you should do is figure that out, if it does then your fine.

 

You should then upgrade your stock cooler for 20-50$.

 

Then SLI your 760, if your psu can support the load.

 

From then on your next upgrade would be probably your PSU mobo and Cpu all at once

 

going to 700watts

intel haswell refresh or broadwell + z97 mobo.

Would SLI 760s be better than going straight to a higher end GPU? and thanks for the help so far.

[JLCitadel]

Would SLI 760s be better than going straight to a 780 (non TI) and thanks for the help so far.

 

Well it depends how you view.

 

To me, I think the mobo is one of the most important things to have solidified, then the powersupply,

because that completely determines how good your PSU and GPU setup can be.

 

So if you have a mobo that supports OC and SLI

you've got a PSU that supports SLI and OC (wattage)

 

Then I'd opt for the 780, then SLI it later on.

 

I don't think you need to worry about the cpu bottlenecking, if i'm not mistaken it's like a i5 2006k (or something) from intel and it works fine for people

[olivergoldvalente]

Well it depends how you view.

 

To me, I think the mobo is one of the most important things to have solidified, then the powersupply,

because that completely determines how good your PSU and GPU setup can be.

 

So if you have a mobo that supports OC and SLI

you've got a PSU that supports SLI and OC (wattage)

 

Then I'd opt for the 780, then SLI it later on.

 

I don't think you need to worry about the cpu bottlenecking, if i'm not mistaken it's like a i5 2006k (or something) from intel and it works fine for people

Well my Mobo is fine, that supports SLI, and my PSU is 650watt bronze Corsair PSU, so I believe I'd be OK with an SLI setup as well. Basically it boils down to a SLI, a better single GPU, a better AMD CPU, or jump ship and go intel. Biases aside I'm still looking for basically just better game performance now, while flexibility for future upgrades would just be a convenience. 

[JLCitadel]

Well my Mobo is fine, that supports SLI, and my PSU is 650watt bronze Corsair PSU, so I believe I'd be OK with an SLI setup as well. Basically it boils down to a SLI, a better single GPU, a better AMD CPU, or jump ship and go intel. Biases aside I'm still looking for basically just better game performance now, while flexibility for future upgrades would just be a convenience. 

 

Swap to 780 and a cpu cooler (25$)